Thank you all for stopping by and giving my fic a chance. I have been writing for over ten years. This is not my first story on here, but the first one in awhile. After reading hundreds of Frozen fanfics I decided to try my hand at one myself. It will be mostly Canon Pairings, with AnnaXKristoff, RapunzelXFlynn. The one exception will be Elsa will be paired with an OC. I am hoping to keep the personalities as true to the characters as possible. This story is a Modern AU set in a fictional town in upstate New York. It will not be a slow burn. It will be mostly fluff in the beginning with some conflict, that will come later on in the story. If any of this does not sit well with you, you know where the door is.

I am always open to constructive criticism that is said in an appropriate way. I have the entire story planned out so chapters will be released on a semi-regular basis (weekly or bi-weekly). What follows is the prologue, the next chapter is done and will be posted should there be a desire for it. Without further adieu, I humbly present to you, The Past which Predicts the Future.

Prologue - August

Elsa's POV

The consistent ringing of her alarm clock brought Elsa out of her deep slumber, though she figured she must be dreaming, as she was always woken well before her alarm by her energetic sister. She slowly rolled over and cracked her eyes open to read her clock, which indeed was unabatedly emitting a shrill beeping noise, the time blinked at her.

5:45 AM

It took a moment for her sleep addled mind to register why in the world she had set an alarm for so early, and then suddenly it clicked. Today was the day. Today was the day that Elsa got to return to her favorite place in the world, St. David's University. She had been going to college there for the last three years and was about to start on her fourth and final year.

The reason she needed to be up so early is that she wanted to get to Fredericksburg, the town that St. David's sat in, early and before the great flood of students that would soon descend upon the town.

During the summer, mainly on weekends, Elsa's sister Anna, would most often wake her well before a reasonable time. However, this early in the morning was too early even for her. Elsa knew that meant she should immediately start to get Anna up as it was sure to be a long process. Elsa grinned as she got out of bed at the thought of exacting revenge on Anna for waking her up before the sun rose for all those "necessary" shopping trips over the last twelve weeks of summer.

Alex's POV

Alex had been driving for the last three days. The forty something hour drive from Oregon was slowly weighing on him. He was more than ready to pull into Fredericksburg, find his apartment, and pass out. He has spent the last two nights sleeping, short amounts, in the back seat of his car in an effort to get to New York more quickly.

The trip, though long and tiring, had certainly been cathartic for Alex. In the last six months he had lost his grandmother, his only family, broken up with his girlfriend of three years, left all he knew and loved behind, and enrolled at a college he had never heard of before his grandmother's passing, let alone seen. After his grandmother died last February Alex's world was turned upside down. Upon her passing Alex received her will. She left him everything that she had to do with what he wished. She left him a letter, that perpetually resided in his pocket. The letter, stained with many tear drops, both his and his grandmother's, explained to him about his parents and the legacy they left for him.

Six Months Ago…

My Dearest Alexander,

Should you be reading this letter it means that I have passed on. First and foremost, I ask you to not waste too much time being sad over this, I finally get to see my son and daughter-in-law again, and I promise we will always be watching over you. You have turned out to be a wonderful man who I am sure will accomplish wonderful things. This letter's main purpose is to tell you much of what I was not able to while I was life, most in regards to your parents.

Your parents met while they were attending St. David's University. They were part of a large group of friends and from the very beginning only had eyes for one another. A month after graduation they were married. Your father was always busy as he had started his own business, a technology consulting firm. Your mother kept busy herself as a first year teacher.

Less than a year after they married, they announced they were pregnant with you. We were all so excited. The next few years were wonderful and they were both so happy. After the accident you came and lived with me and you know the rest from then until now.

While still in its infancy, your father's company was very successful and he set it up so that in the situation that both him and your mother would pass, ownership would pass to you and his best friend from college would handle the business until you were able and willing to do so yourself.

More information about this business and your father's friend can be found on the second sheet of this letter. It was your father's wish for you to take over his company that he worked so hard to start from the ground up. More than that, it was your parents greatest wish that you would attend St. David's University like they did. I did not tell you this before as I only wanted you to be happy, but I feel that now you have the right to know.

Love your Grandmother

Alex was unsure how to take all that he had just read. His eyes quickly scanned over the second sheet, they couldn't even make it to the part that detailed how to contact his father's old friend, finding out you are an heir to a company is one thing, finding out said company has revenues in the tens of millions is another.

Present…

Initially Alex had decided not to go to New York, he did not want to leave his friends, his basketball team, and especially not Carly behind. Though as time went on he became increasingly less decisive. People constantly asking him how he was doing, what he would do next, what they could do for him increasingly grated on him. Alex had always been fiercely independent in all that he did.

The final straw that made him change his mind was when he had asked his girlfriend, Carly, what he should do, as he had been reconsidering. He then told her everything that had been in the letter and why he was thinking he should go to New York. In the days after his revelation Carly changed towards him. It took him awhile to realize what was going on, but he nonetheless realized she was now after his money. The money, if he was being honest he did not want himself. He had never expected this of her, they had been together for three years and he thought that they would be together for ever longer after, though he promptly ended it with her when he saw her true motives.

After her outburst Alex decided it was time to get a change of pace and see what was waiting for him in New York. After the end of the spring semester Alex sold his grandmother's house and belongings to finance his move and attending St. David's University. Though he now has access to his trust fund, that he previously did not know existed, he felt very uncomfortable using it.

Once he had decided to move he knew that he would need a place to live. He spent a great deal of time before finding a listing from a group of three guys that were looking for a fourth roommate for their four bedroom two-bathroom apartment. He contacted them and after a few phone conversations they agreed to let him room with them.

Alex was unsure what to expect as he had only ever lived with his grandmother. It was with these thoughts that Alex finally pulled into Fredericksburg, just as the sun was rising. Though the sun was rising, Alex was slowly succumbing to his exhaustion. He quickly followed his GPS to the apartment building. As he pulled up he was greeted by a large stone building that looked much like any other generic apartment building.

After shutting off his SUV Alex shut his eyes only for a moment to rest before heading inside. What seemed liked second later sunlight streamed into his car. He looked at the clock and realized he in fact had fallen asleep for a few hours. He stepped out of his car and stretched. Being six foot six inches may be great on the basketball court but was not conducive to long car rides and especially not to sleeping in cars, no matter how big.

After stretching for a few seconds, Alex opened the back hatch of his Toyota Highlander, to grab the essentials for getting inside, showering, and crashing for a few hours. As he shut the door to his SUV and locked the car he turned towards the apartment building. He threw his backpack over his shoulder and picked up his military style duffle bag and began to head towards the stairs.

As he reached the stairs and about to take the first step up something pummeled into his back. Alex caught himself and turned around to find that is was someone and not something that ran into him. On the ground behind him was a short, thin redheaded girl whose hair was thrown up into a messy bun. She had on an overly large St. David's sweatshirt, black leggings, and pink Converse shoes.

After a moment of shock her turquoise eyes traveled up Alex's body and met his own pine green eyes. He bent down to offer her a hand to help her up and asked, "Can I offer you a hand miss?"

After a moment she reacted and began to move. As she grabbed his hand she finally spoke or more yelled, "Holy crap you're tall!"

It took a minute for this register with Alex, while it was certainly not the first time he had heard this, it was not what he expected to hear from someone who had run into him with the force of a freight train, especially not when the person was so small for such a force. After he helped the mystery girl up, he reached down for her backpack which she had dropped. He straightened himself and offered the bag to her.

At this she began to babble almost incoherently at a speed Alex could hardly believe. Allowing him to only catch something reminiscent of an apology, something about a sister, and something about this happening often. He would have stood in his spot longer, attempting to decipher what she had said, had it not been for the voice that pulled his attention behind the redhead.

As Alex looked up, he sucked in his breath. Standing shortly behind the redheaded girl was another young woman, one whose beauty ceased any coherent thought Alex was currently having. This girl was certainly shorter than Alex, though most people were. She was probably a full foot shorter than him. Her hair was platinum blond and fixed in a delicate braid that sat simply over her left shoulder. Alex was most caught by her deep blue eyes that reminded him of the ocean that he often spent hours watching back home. She was dressed much like the other girl. She had on black leggings, light blue Converse, and a black St. David's zip up hoody, with a grey shirt underneath. Her sweatshirt was certainly more appropriately sized than the other girl's. At the thought of the redheaded girl, Alex noticed that she had now disappeared.

In his confusion, Alex almost missed the blonde hair girl speaking, "I must apologize for my sister, Anna, she never seems to watch where she is going. I hope that you are alright."

Alex laughed a bit as he reached a hand behind him and rubbed his neck, as he often did when he was nervous, "Yeah I think I will survive, she sure is quite the force for someone so small though."

At this the young woman covered her mouth and giggled, Alex had never head such a beautiful sound, and then she spoke, "You are too right about that. I'm Elsa by the way."

As she finished introducing herself she reached out her hand, Alex switched his duffle from one hand to the other, and mirrored her action while introducing himself, "I'm Alex. I actually am just moving in and am looking for my apartment, three D, maybe you could point me in the right direction."

Elsa smiled lightly, "Actually that is right across from my apartment that I share with my sister and our friend, if you want you are welcome to follow me."

Alex nodded with a smile and motioned for her to lead the way. Elsa passed him and began to climb the stairs, as she did so the bottom of her sweatshirt began to rise and Alex couldn't help but notice that it she had quite the body and it left him wondering what it must look like not covered by all those clothes.

Alex had to shake these thoughts off, he and Carly had only recently broken up and the last thing that he needed was something or someone distracting him from why he was here. After what seemed like mere seconds, but obviously was longer, Alex her a small cough.

Elsa was attempting to get his attention and he found them in front of a black door with a brass "3D" on it. She spoke in that beautiful singsong voice of hers as she waved a small hand in front of his face, "Anybody home?" She again let out that gorgeous giggle of hers.

Alex fumbled a bit before responding, "Yeah, sorry I just finished a forty odd hour drive from Oregon and am pretty wiped. Thanks for the help. Hopefully we will run into each other again."

Why, oh why, wonderful brain did you have to say that to her. We just got done remembering that we do not need any distractions, especially those of the opposite sex.

At this Elsa gave him a smile that twinkled in her eyes and made his stomach flip flop, "I am sure that we will. You get some rest Alex; it was nice to meet you."

At this Elsa turned and walked the short distance across the hall to a door marked with a bronze "3C", and quickly disappeared through the door, sending a quick wave to Alex before she shut the door. Once the door shut Alex turned to his own, hoping that it was unlocked as he did not yet have a key.

As he reached for the door the handle seemed to fly away from him at an incredible speed and before his sleep clouded mind realized what was happening a similar sensation crashed into his chest. Had he been more awake he would not currently be on the ground with a familiar person on top of him.

A small laugh escaped as he realized who it was that ran into him, "We really need to stop meeting like this Anna."

Elsa's POV

Elsa padded barefoot across the hallway to her sister's room. After spending years in the massive house that her parent's had built she had memorized all the floorboards that would give away her approach to her sister's room and made sure to avoid these. This was likely the one day a year that Elsa could potentially due what Anna almost always does to her.

As she approached the door she looked up and down the hall to make sure she was alone, when she confirmed she was, Elsa slowly opened the door to Anna's room. She took a careful second to listen to make sure its occupant was still asleep. After hearing the not so gentle snores of Anna, Elsa proceeded at breakneck speed into the room and jumped on Anna's bed.

"WAKE UP ANNA! TIME TO WAKE UP!" Elsa managed to yell at the top of her lungs before she felt into a fit of laughter at her sister waking up and seeming near to having a heart attack.

Before Anna could get her bearings and find immediate retribution for her rude awakening, Elsa got up and scurried out of the room, Anna's yells followed her all the way back into Elsa's own room as Elsa continued to laugh at her success.

Now that Anna was up, Elsa could focus on getting ready for the day. She quickly took offer her sleeping clothes and walked to her ensuite shower. She spent longer than usual in her shower as it would be a few weeks before she could come back home and use it. Her apartment at school as certainly nice but it was nothing compared to her parent's house.

After her shower, Elsa quickly and lightly applied some make up and got dressed. Because the day would be mostly spent in the car and then moving her things back into her apartment, she decided to dress comfortably in a pair of leggings, a simple t-shirt, and her favorite sweatshirt with an old pair of Converse shoes.

She made her way downstairs to have a quick breakfast and prepare something for Anna as she was sure that she would coming down at the last minute. As she entered the kitchen she was greeted with the smells of chocolate chip waffles, her favorite breakfast. She saw her grandmother Gerda next to the stove pouring batter on the iron and her grandfather Kai sitting at the table reading the paper and drinking coffee.

She smiled widely and crossed the kitchen to where her grandfather was sitting, bent down and kissed him on his cheek, "G'morning farfar."

Her grandfather smiled affectionately as Elsa made her way to her grandmother to greet her in Norwegian. Since she was born Elsa's grandparents had lived in the guest house and helped raised her and Anna. As the girls grew up their grandparents taught the the customs and cultures of Norway, where they are from, and their native language.

As Elsa hugged her grandmother from behind, Gerda greeted her, "God morgen barnebarn," she then switched to English, "It would seem you gave your sister quite the startle."

Elsa smiled and giggled at this as she poured herself a cup of coffee, Gerda continued, "I swear it will never change between you two, whether you are twenty-one or two."

This made both Elsa and her grandfather laugh, at which point he spoke up, "And we wouldn't change it for the world. You girls keep your grandmother and I on our toes and keep us young."

A fourth voice entered the conversation at this point, surprising Elsa at how early Anna had made it down, "You're the only one she is helping stay young, I am pretty sure she scared years off my life this morning."

Anna tried to act crabby but could barely suppress a smile in doing so. Elsa smiled at her sister and silently wished it would never change between them. Since they were little girls the sisters had been very close and were each other's best friend.

"Well before any of us get any older sit down child so I can feed you before you need to be on your way," Gerda's offer of food got Anna to move lightening fast to he spot at the table to and begin to dig into her breakfast which as the point looked to be more whipped cream than waffles. Elsa laughed to herself as she thought nothing could change her dear sister.

Anna spoke, breaking Elsa's reverie, "I sure wish mom and dad could be here to see us off this morning."

Elsa agreed but understood why they weren't, "Anna when you have been married for twenty-three years, you'll also want to take a long trip for your anniversary."

Anna rolled her eyes and said something unintelligible as her mouth was full, to which her grandmother sighed while Elsa and Kai laughed, "Anna what have I told you about eating with your mouth full? And you two, stop encouraging her."

All three looked anywhere but at Gerda, "Now hurry up and eat so we can get you on the road."

Gerda was always strict, but loving nonetheless. Both Elsa and Anna would be lost without her. Breakfast was finished quickly and after the customary hugs, kisses, and well wishes the girls were on the road in Elsa's ice blue Mini Cooper, one of her prized possessions.

The sisters made idle conversation as they made the long trip to St. David's. Eventually, as it almost always does with Anna, the conversation came to boys. Though she had a rough incident and following break up with Hans last year, Anna seemed to have come back without minor issues from it. Elsa was hoping when she began to date again she would at least pick someone better this time. Elsa had never liked Hans to begin with and was glad to see him go but furious under the circumstances which it happened.

Elsa gave a sidelong glance at her sister and noticed her wearing a sweatshirt obviously much to large for her petite frame. Elsa knew exactly who it belonged to and she had to smile at herself as she definitely approved of a certain neighbor for Anna.

Yet, the conversation that the girls were having was decidedly one sided and had Anna continuously calling out the name of nearly every guy on St. David's campus, in an effort to see who Elsa might be interested in now that she was single again.

However single as she may be Elsa had little to no interest in dating at this point in her life. First and foremost, she was still working on getting through her last break up. Last May at the end of finals weeks, Elsa found her boyfriend at the time, Craig, of a little over a year, kissing a different girl.

Three Months Ago…

Elsa was walking out of her last final. She was not only extremely happy to be done with finals but specifically happy to be done with business calculus, which she felt she had at least passed. She had gotten done earlier than expected and decided to go find Craig. They weren't supposed to meet up until later but she decided that packing could wait.

Craig would probably be in the library studying for his last final which, if Elsa remembered correctly, would start in a bout an hour. She hurried across campus and into the library, making her way to the study room her and her friends often used, figuring that if Craig wasn't there at least someone of her group of friends should be.

She was right in thinking that someone would be there. As she opened the door to her favorite study room, she was greeted by her favorite person, Craig, kissing her best friend of the last three years, Ariel. She stood in the doorway unable to speak.

Craig quickly realized she was there and nearly through Ariel away from him. After recovering from the shock Ariel looked behind her and saw Elsa, her face drained of all color.

Both began to speak, Elsa promptly cut them off, her face steeling with anger, her eyes narrowing, willing the tears to not spill until she was home, "Don't ever speak to me again, don't ever come near me again, I don't ever want to see either of you again."

Elsa turned on the spot and moved at the fastest acceptable speed through the library. Craig and Ariel must have gotten the message as neither tried to come after her or call for her. Over the summer they both tried to call and text, Ariel even tried to call Anna, but Elsa wanted nothing to do with them and over time their attempts ceased.

Present…

Outside of that Elsa also knew that in a year she would start working full time at her father's company in an effort to prepare her to one day take over, the last thing she needed was something distracting her.

Elsa was brought to the present as Anna poked her side and spoke more directly at her, "I swear Elsa that you aren't even paying attention to me right now."

Elsa smiled slightly not stopping her sarcastic response, "It would seem nothing gets past you Sherlock."

At this Anna crossed her arms and huffed in anger, at which Elsa only laughed. "I know he hurt you Elsa, but at some point you need to get back up the horse sis," Anna almost pleaded.

Elsa sighed and had a thought as to where Anna might be going with this, "Anna just because I am not ready to date again does not mean you can't be. What happened with Hans was terrible and still makes my blood boil, but you can't let him control you and your life, especially now that he is out of it." Anna silently nodded at this, Elsa could tell that she was thinking back to what happened last year. Trying to switch the atmosphere to something more positive, Elsa continued, "You know I bet the owner of that sweatshirt would love you take you on a date," she remarked with a wink.

At this Anna noticeably perked up, "You really think that he would? I have been so afraid that after what happened and what he saw that he would only see me as damaged goods," Anna began to trail off, again looking down.

Elsa sighed at how dense her sister could be at times, "Anna he has worshipped the ground you walk on since the day he first laid eyes on you. The only reason he never did or said anything is because he thought you wanted Hans and he is too nice of a guy to step in and steal you from that heartless bastard."

Anna seemed to think hard on this for awhile. Eventually the girls pulled up to their home away from home. As they did Anna looked up and realized where they were. As she did so a huge smile spread on her face and there nearly was a visible light bulb going off above her head as she made up her mind about the boy.

Anna grabbed her backpack and bolted from the car leaving Elsa in her dust. Elsa could only shake her head as she smiled and thought to herself, about damn time those two got together.

She, much more slowly than her sister, grabbed her backpack and made her way to the apartment, leaving the heavier bags for the boys across the hall to grab. As she rounded the corner she saw a situation that was all too familiar to her. Anna was on the ground and a guy was helping her up, though Elsa did not pay much attention to him as she wanted to make sure that her sister was okay.

Anna quickly got up, grabbed her bag from the stranger, rattled off an apology and excuse at lightening speed and was gone. When Anna was determined do something nothing could get in her way or stop her. After making sure Anna hadn't dropped anything else, it was too early in the year for her to already lose her phone, she looked up and got her first look at the stranger who Anna ran into and then was helped up by, to thank him.

Elsa's words were lost in her throat as she really saw the stranger for the first time. He was tall, much taller than her, and as thin as she was he was big. Not in fat way, in a muscular, very muscular way. Elsa was certain his biceps must be bigger than her thighs. His hair reached his collar, it had slight waves to it, and was a dark brown, the shade reminded her of her usual morning mocha. He had a beard that obscured most of his face but was well kept. He wore a simple pair of jeans, a loose fitting grey t-shirt, and athletic shoes.

She quickly recomposed her self and spoke offering him a small smile, though it would see he was also lost in thought, "I must apologize for my sister, Anna, she never seems to watch where she is going. I hope that you are alright."

He laughed a bit as he reached a hand behind him and rubbed his neck, "Yeah I think I will survive, she sure is quite the force for someone so small though."

Elsa covered her mouth and giggled, he quite accurately described Anna with that one short sentence, she then reached out her hand and introduced herself, "You are too right about that. I'm Elsa by the way."

The stranger switched his duffle from one hand to the other, and mirrored her action while introducing himself, "I'm Alex. I actually am just moving in and am looking for my apartment, three D, maybe you could point me in the right direction."

Something stirred in Elsa at this, she would be living right across the hall from this gorgeous man and he would be living with her best friends, she was unsure what to think of this all and did not have time to process at this moment. She quickly remembered he had asked for help and word escaped her lips before she realized what she was saying, "Actually that is right across from my apartment that I share with my sister and our friend, if you want you are welcome to follow me."

Alex nodded with a smile and motioned for her to lead the way. Elsa passed him and began to climb the stairs, as she did so she could feel his eyes on her. Elsa could not blame him; she actually was quite appreciative. Elsa worked out and ran every day and it was nice to have her efforts notices. She again had a feeling stir in her, one that she had not felt since…

Elsa now is not the time to be thinking like that, remember no distractions this year.

As she thought this some part of her almost knew already that that was a pipe dream. They eventually reached his door. When Elsa turned around, Alex seemed to be in deep thought. He gave a small cough to try and get his attention. As that did not work at first she then waved a hand in front of his well chiseled face, she giggled as she asked, "Anybody home?"

Alex visibly fumbled a bit, he is really cute when he does that…Stop it Elsa!, before responding, "Yeah, sorry I just finished a forty odd hour drive from Oregon and am pretty wiped. Thanks for the help. Hopefully we will run into each other again."

At this Elsa's stomach fluttered, stop it! No distractions.

She gave Alex her most natural smile in months, "I am sure that we will. You get some rest Alex; it was nice to meet you."

At this Elsa turned and walked the short distance across the hall to a door marked with a bronze "3C", she put her key in lock, figuring Anna had gone straight next door, she unlocked the door and quickly disappeared through the door, sending a quick wave to Alex before she shut the door. She put her back against the door, closed her eyes, and sighed.

This is going to be a long year.

She couldn't help the smile that spread across her lips as she walked to her room.

(A/N. Thanks for reading let me know what you think. I definitely have taken liberties with some aspects and have changed some stuff, hope y'all enjoy nonetheless.)